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Revision as of 17:41, 12 December 2013 by TheRedPenOfDoom (talk | contribs) (→Kapoor family of Bollywood)(diff) ← Previous revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff) "Kapur" redirects here. For other uses of "Kapur" or "Kapoor", see Kapur (disambiguation).Kapoor or Kapur (Punjabi: ਕਪੂਰ, Hindi: कपूर) is a Khatri clan found mainly in Punjab.
Lineage and marriage rules
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They are part of the Dhai Ghar. Kapurs, Malhotra (also called Mehras or Mehrotras), Khanna and in some regions also Tandon, Seth and Kakkar) marry their children with each other. Traditionally A Kapoor can not marry a Kapoor and can only marry a Malhotra, Khanna or Seth. This leaves three "Ghars" to marry; they are not supposed to marry any of their mother's side relatives with their mother's paternal last name (it could be Khanna, Malhotra or Seth). However, beginning in the nineteenth century this community has relaxed these restrictions for marriage.
Notable Kapoors
Some prominent people bearing the name Kapoor include:
Kapoor family of Bollywood
Main article: Kapoor familyPrithviraj Kapoor (1901–1972) belonged to the Kapoor clan and was the first of a large number of movie stars and film-makers among his descendants. In 1944, he started the Prithvi Theatre, a travelling theatre troupe.
Military
- General Deepak Kapoor, chief of Army staff, Indian Army
- Lt General Rana Sudhir Kumar Kapur,Indian Army
Others
- Sonam Kapoor, Bollywood actress, director, daughter of Anil Kapoor
- Anil Kapoor, Bollywood actor, film producer, son of Surinder Kapoor
- Anish Kapoor, sculptor
- Anu Kapoor, Bollywood actor
- Arjun Kapoor, Bollywood actor, son of Boney Kapoor and Mona Shourie Kapoor
- Babita Khanna Kapoor, former Bollywood actress, wife of Randhir Kapoor
- Bharat Kapoor, director, writer, producer
- Boney Kapoor film director and producer, son of Surinder Kapoor
- Ekta Kapoor producer for television and movies (Bollywood)
- Gita Kapoor, Bollywood dancer
- Ishaan Khattar (alias Ishaan Kapoor), actor
- Jayasudha Kapoor, South Indian film actress, wife of Nitin Kapoor
- Jeetendra Kapoor, Bollywood actor
- Kareena Kapoor Khan, Bollywood actress
- Karisma Kapoor, Bollywood actress
- Namitha Kapoor, South Indian movie actress
- Nitin Kapoor, Bollywood producer, cousin of Jeetendra Kapoor
- Neha Kapur, Beauty queen
- Pankaj Kapur, Bollywood actor, film-maker
- Prithviraj Kapoor, a pioneer of Indian theatre and of the Hindi film industry
- Raj Kapoor, Bollywood actor, producer and director, son of Prithviraj Kapoor
- Rajiv Kapoor, Bollywood actor, son of Raj Kapoor
- Ram Kapoor, TV actor
- Ranbir Kapoor, Bollywood actor, son of Rishi Kapoor
- Randhir Kapoor, Bollywood actor, son of Raj Kapoor
- Ravi Kapoor, British actor
- Rishi Kapoor, Bollywood actor, son of Raj Kapoor
- Sanjana Kapoor, Bollywood actress, theatre-person, owner of Prithvi Theatre
- Sanjay Kapoor, Bollywood actor, son of Surinder Kapoor
- Sanjeev Kapoor, gourmet chef
- Shahid Kapoor, Bollywood actor, son of Pankaj Kapur
- Shakti Kapoor, Bollywood actor
- Shammi Kapoor, Bollywood actor
- Shashi Kapoor, Bollywood actor, director and producer, founder of the Prithvi Theatre
- Shekhar Kapur, film-maker
- Sonam Kapoor, Bollywood actress
- Sridevi Ayyapan Kapoor, Indian film actress, second wife of Boney Kapoor
- Steven Kapur, also known as "Apache Indian", a pop singer
- Supriya Pathak Kapoor, Bollywood actress, wife of Pankaj Kapur
- Surinder Kapoor, Bollywood film producer
- Tusshar Kapoor, Bollywood actor
- Jeetendra (Ravi Kapoor), Bollywood actor, owner of Balaji Telefilms
- Rajat Kapoor, Entrepreneur
- Narinder Singh Kapoor
- Raj Narain Kapoor
References
- Raj Kapoor, Charitavali series, Author, Lata Khubchandani, Publisher Rupa, 2003, ISBN 8171678165, 9788171678167